Neck-yoke



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NEGK YOKE.

No. 296.960. j Pa tented Apr. 15, 1884.

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NICHOLAS HIATT, OF INDEPENDENCE, KANSAS.

'NECK-YOKE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 296,960,.dated April15, 1884-.

Application filed December 20, 1883. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern,- each side are ears 0, through which the twoBeitknown that I, N IOHOLAS IIIATT, a citiparts A A are secured togetherat their unzen of theUnited States, residing at Independder sides. Aslot or opening, L, is made in ence, in the county of Montgomery andState the under side of the shell,which reaches from 5 of Kansas, haveinvented certain new and useone ear 0 to the other,which is for theaccomful Improvements in Neck-Yoke Centers, of modation of the neck a ofthe ball. which the following is aspecification, reference F representsa metallic loop with neck 6 and 5 being had therein to theaccompanying'drawball D, all cast in one piece. The leather H ings.passes through. the opening K of this loop, and I0 My invention relatesto neck-yokes to be is secured around its lower side or bar, J. The usedwhen driving horses in double harness; neck 0 is cast upon the upper barof the loop, and the object I have in view is to make one and to theupper end of this neck is the ball which is not only strong and durable,but one D, which fits in the socket formed between the which readilyaccommodates itself to the movetwo parts of the shell.

15 ment of the horses whether they move stead- I represents the openingin the leather, ilyand in harmony or at variance to each other throughwhich the end of the pole passes. in gait. I am aware that it is not newto use a di- In the accompanying drawings, which make vided sleeve upona neck-yoke stick; and I am a part of this specification, Figurelrepresents also aware that it is not new to use a ball-and- 2o aplanView, showing a part of one shell broken socket joint in neck-yokeattachments; hence I awaysoas to disclosethe ball ofthe oint. Fig. I donot claim these; but,

2 is a longitudinal section, and Fig. 3 is a per- Having thus fullydescribed my invention, spective, of the loop to which the leather forwhat I claim as new, and desire'to secure by holding the pole isattached. Letters Patent, is

2 5 In the figures, A represents a metallic sleeve The loop F, with itsbar J, for holding the which surrounds the center of the neck-yokeleather H, the neck 6, and the ball D, all cast stick. This sleeve isdivided centrally and in one piece, in combination with the dividedlongitudinally in two parts, A A. One'ot' sleeve provided with 'a shellin which is a these parts is provided upon its upper side globe-shapedsocket to receive and retain the 0 with a loop, a, and the other with acurved ball D, substantially as and for the purpose tongue, I), whichpasses into andcutches under set forth.

, the upper bar of the loop when the two parts In testimonv whereof Iaffix my signature in are to be connected together. The parts A Apresence of two witnesses. are also provided on their under sides with35 the half-shells e B. when the two shells are NICHOLAS HIATT' broughttogether, a globe-shaped chamber is Witnesses: formed between them,which receives and re- E. P. ALLEN, tains the ball D. Connected to theshells on G. M. RALSTIN.

